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Paperback. Luomi reveals how the Gulf's most dynamic rentier monarchies, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, have begun responding to new, multidimensional natural resource-related pressures, particularly climate change Series: Power and Politics in the Gulf. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; 1FBXU; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042673
ISBN
9781849042673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.53

Hardcover. In his timely and exhaustive analysis of the political economies of the GCC states since the 1970s to the present, Dr Yousef Khalifa Al-Yousef examines the factors responsible for the failure of the states to achieve lasting change in development and security. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JPH; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Saqi Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863561474
ISBN
9780863561474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 50.38

Paperback. A complete fortune-telling guide to your character and your destiny, based on Chinese animal signs - covering relationships, money, career, and health and well-being, with superb artworks of the twelve signs and plenty of helpful, attractive graphics Num Pages: 224 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; VXFA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Watkins Media Limited
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780283951
ISBN
9781780283951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.00

Hardback. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCM; KJJ; KJV; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166089
ISBN
9780231166089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500252130
ISBN
9780500252130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.59

Paperback. Tells the history of Palestine during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire, which reveals the nation emerging as a cultural entity. Through autobiographies, and unpublished maps and photos, this book discerns a particular bourgeois Palestinian public sphere, self-consciously modern and inexorably secular. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291263
ISBN
9780520291263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Helleiner, Eric; Kirshner, Jonathan. Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13, 2 tables, 11 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479595
ISBN
9780801479595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.80

Paperback. China's Great Wall north of Beijing is one of the world's most famous sights. For 2,000 years, the Wall marked the border between China and nomadic peoples to the north and west. The author covers two millennia of history, from the country's first unification onwards, when the Great Wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war. Num Pages: 464 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553817683
ISBN
9780553817683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638253
ISBN
9780748638253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.60

Paperback. Provides a history and a thematic analysis of the empire's institutions and aspects of life in the Seljuk world This book examines the political, administrative, military, economic and social organisation of the Great Seljuk Empire using a wide variety of historical and literary sources. It features images, maps, charts and family trees. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3H; HBJF1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638260
ISBN
9780748638260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.40

Paperback. Drawing on his experience as a linguistic anthropologist, this author parses how political leaders have used historical references, religious associations, and the mythology of evil to inflame their own citizens against the foreign country and proposes a way out of this debacle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041476
ISBN
9780226041476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Gives an account of the author's journey by rail through Asia. This work describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. It also shows how he is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189147
ISBN
9780141189147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through author's epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia. This title tells the trip of discovery made in the mid-seventies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038841
ISBN
9780141038841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Hardback. The first series of essays focuses on the evolution of American policy. American historians examine the workings of the the Department of State and the Pentagon, and an American and a Chinese analyze the foreign economic policy of the Eisenhower administration in East Asia. The second series of essays is Japan-centered. Series: U.S. and Pacific Asia: Studies in Social, Economic and Political Interaction. Num Pages: 331 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071741
ISBN
9780231071741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Hardback. This new political history of the Orthodox Church in the Ottoman Empire explains why Orthodoxy became the subject of acute political competition between the Great Powers during the mid 19th century. It also explores how such rivalries led, paradoxically, both to secularizing reforms and to Europe's last great war of religion - the Crimean War. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QDT; 3JH; HBLL; HBWL; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137508454
ISBN
9781137508454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300230321
ISBN
9780300230321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.09

Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718950
ISBN
9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Asia in the World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162180
ISBN
9780231162180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.03

Paperback. Examines how the staggering growth in mobile phone usage is transforming business, politics and daily life in India Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFF; PDR; TJKT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043137
ISBN
9781849043137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.63

Hardcover. Based on a number of case studies, this book offers analysis of the life of the new Russian-Jewish immigrants and the interaction between them and other Israeli citizens. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 photos, 7 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FBH; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819680
ISBN
9781571819680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Paperback. In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this book explores the "nonobject" - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226415314
ISBN
9780226415314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. 'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris Num Pages: 592 pages, 8pp black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 1FC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
John Murray
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719564475
ISBN
9780719564475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. By relating it to other regional actors, Sergeev creates a more accurate view of the game's impact on later wars and on the shape of post-World War I Asia. Num Pages: 552 pages, 7, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJD; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415574
ISBN
9781421415574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.86

Paperback. A pertinent analysis of the strategic competition between the two major powers of West Asia, and the emergence of a new 'Great Game'. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran. Series: Published in Collaboration with: Georgetown University Centre for International and Regional Studies, School of Foreign Service. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FBN; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047067
ISBN
9781849047067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

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